Indian students won laurels at the 24th International Philosophy Olympiad, a philosophy competition for high school students. (Representational Image)
Two 17-year-old Indian students won laurels at the 24th International Philosophy Olympiad, a philosophy competition for high school students from across the world, held in Belgium recently.
While 17-year-old Drishtti Rawat from Noida won a silver medal, Lucknow-based Tathagat Bhatia, also 17, received an honourable mention.
India secured an overall third position in the competition where 90 students from 44 countries were required to write essays on a particular topic. This year the main topic was 'War and Peace.'
The students from India were awarded for their essays based on the philosophy of Greek philosopher Aristotle who postulated that human emotions are universal irrespective of the language being used to convey them.
According to Kedar Soni, Coordinator of Indian Philosophy Olympiad, words are incomplete without intonations, which in turn originate from emotions.
For example, he says, when somebody says 'Accha' in Hindi it can be interpreted to mean either an expression of shock or simply okay or under some circumstances can be interpreted to mean an act of thinking.
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